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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2019 10:31:48 GMT
Of course years ago you would have got away with the error of your ways not being plastered all over YouTube...
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Post by samsam on Sept 30, 2019 12:00:47 GMT
Needs more ballast, and brain cells.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2019 12:02:26 GMT
I would have accepted the kind offer from the gentleman on the bank to bring a load of people out. Make some new friends  |
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Post by peterboat on Sept 30, 2019 20:31:16 GMT
I went up the Leeds liverpool with no issues coming back a bridge I went under with no issues was an inch or two lower!! [levels higher] a load of people on the stern dropped the level enough to get the wheelhouse low enough to get through.
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Post by NigelMoore on Sept 30, 2019 21:18:47 GMT
I remember reading about some people who were taken through there by a regular pilot in their boat which was also just that bit too high. He opened up the throttle at the very last minute, so that the stern dug deeper for long enough to clear. Bold move.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2019 21:37:23 GMT
I remember reading about some people who were taken through there by a regular pilot in their boat which was also just that bit too high. He opened up the throttle at the very last minute, so that the stern dug deeper for long enough to clear. Bold move. Its my understanding that the pilots routinely operate this technique. I cant personally confirm as the last time a pilot took me through on a boat under that bridge I was about 11 years old. The boat we were on though was 'Courier' from Norfolk Broads Yachting Company which actually bore structural damage from the year before when the hire boater attempted passage without the pilot......or so the pilot claimed....... |
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Post by Jim on Oct 1, 2019 6:08:28 GMT
I remember reading about some people who were taken through there by a regular pilot in their boat which was also just that bit too high. He opened up the throttle at the very last minute, so that the stern dug deeper for long enough to clear. Bold move. Its my understanding that the pilots routinely operate this technique. I cant personally confirm as the last time a pilot took me through on a boat under that bridge I was about 11 years old. The boat we were on though was 'Courier' from Norfolk Broads Yachting Company which actually bore structural damage from the year before when the hire boater attempted passage without the pilot......or so the pilot claimed....... These tin snail draggers seem to be trying the speed techinque to little effect. |
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Post by JohnV on Oct 1, 2019 6:54:22 GMT
Quite a good few years ago I was coming down the back creeks from the Watt Tyler country park to the mooring at Benfleet, got close to the road bridge to Canvey Island, looked at the height and checked that there was a few inches clearance and went through. It was then I found out that the downstream side of the bridge is about 8 inches lower than the upstream side ........ the Shetlands windscreen didn't survive  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2019 7:53:22 GMT
Quite a good few years ago I was coming down the back creeks from the Watt Tyler country park to the mooring at Benfleet, got close to the road bridge to Canvey Island, looked at the height and checked that there was a few inches clearance and went through. It was then I found out that the downstream side of the bridge is about 8 inches lower than the upstream side ........ the Shetlands windscreen didn't survive Wayford Bridge at top of the Ant is like that. It carries a road on a bend with a camber, so the upstream side has more clearence than the down stream side. It has boards on the higher side now so the clearence matches. |
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Post by TonyDunkley on Oct 1, 2019 8:25:45 GMT
I remember reading about some people who were taken through there by a regular pilot in their boat which was also just that bit too high. He opened up the throttle at the very last minute, so that the stern dug deeper for long enough to clear. Bold move. This used to be standard practice with some barges running back light along the Aire & Calder between Knottingley and Goole. With some of them the wheelhouse was far too high to get under one or two of the lowest bridges and you had no option but to collapse it down for the run back to Goole, but some of them were only an inch or two too high and if you timed it just right you could open up and draw the stern end down just enough to get under the bridge with the wheelhouse up. If you got it wrong though, there was always enough time to clear up the wreckage before you got back to Goole - for many years the lowest bridge was at Heck - but a good bit of the trip money would be missing from your next pay-packet ! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 1, 2019 8:54:04 GMT
Its my understanding that the pilots routinely operate this technique. I cant personally confirm as the last time a pilot took me through on a boat under that bridge I was about 11 years old. The boat we were on though was 'Courier' from Norfolk Broads Yachting Company which actually bore structural damage from the year before when the hire boater attempted passage without the pilot......or so the pilot claimed....... These tin snail draggers seem to be trying the speed techinque to little effect. We have one of those a/c units on the roof of our 'van and I have a sticker in the car on the sun visor which has our overall height on as a reminder. Funny enough just last week we encountered a rail bridge in Norfolk near Acle which I noted the height of as we went under. There would have been sufficient clearence (just) for the 'van alone, but not for the 'van plus a/c. We werent towing at the time. |
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Post by bargemast on Oct 1, 2019 9:13:29 GMT
Its my understanding that the pilots routinely operate this technique. I cant personally confirm as the last time a pilot took me through on a boat under that bridge I was about 11 years old. The boat we were on though was 'Courier' from Norfolk Broads Yachting Company which actually bore structural damage from the year before when the hire boater attempted passage without the pilot......or so the pilot claimed....... These tin snail draggers seem to be trying the speed techinque to little effect. It definitely seems to be a very effective way of clearing the roof of any obstacles that could have given problems at the next low bridge. Peter. |
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